To find out more about the upcoming happenings in the Perth Metro Area as well as at our 6 Regional Groups, please check out the latest edition of our BirdLife WA eNews here.
Our electronic newsletter is published on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month.
A copy of the ‘Calendar’ section of the 4 February 2026 edition below:
Until Tuesday, 3 March – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Photo Exhibition ‘Our Estuaries – Coastal Saltmarsh – Happy Habitat!’, Geraldton Regional Library (flyer with details here)
Until Sunday, 22 March – Great Cocky Count Registrations open
Wednesday, 4 February – Wildlife Wednesday – Celebrating Wetlands, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 3.00pm (details & tickets here)
Saturday, 7 February – Half-day excursion, Erskine Lake, Mandurah, start 7.30am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
Saturday, 7 February – Birdwatching Walk at Blackwell Reach Reserve/Point Walter (event by Melville Bird Sanctuary), start 7.30am. Leaders: Jennifer Sumpton and Lynley Davey
Saturday, 7 February & Sunday, 8 February – Cape to Cape Bird Group, Australian Shorebird Monitoring 2026, dates to be confirmed (contact Christine Wilder here for details)
Sunday, 8 February – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Chapman River walk, start 7.00am (flyer with details here)
Tuesday, 10 February – Albany Bird Group, half-day outing Wilson Inlet, start 8.00am (details on website here)
Wednesday, 11 February – Half-day excursion, Baigup Wetlands, Bayswater, start 7.30am. Leader: Betty Bryant
Saturday, 14 February – Half-day excursion, Lightning Swamp, Noranda, start 7.30am. Leader: Pete White
Saturday, 14 February – BirdLife Bunbury, Annual Shorebird Survey, start 7.30am (details in this edition and Summer newsletter page 11, to register please email here)
Saturday, 14 February – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Coastal Birds Workshop, Museum of Geraldton, start 10.30am (flyer with details here)
Saturday, 21 February – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 7.30am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Satursday, 21 February – Friends of Melville Bird Sanctuary, Beginners Smartphone Ethical Bird Photography Workshop, start 10.00am (details & tickets here)
Sunday, 22 February – Half-day excursion, Bibra Lake, Cockburn, start 7.30am. Leader: Alan Watson
Sunday, 22 February – Albany Bird Group, weekend bird outing Lake Powell / Wilson Inlet, start 8.30am (details on website here)
Monday, 23 February – BirdLife WA AGM and Speakers Night, WA Ecology Centre, Floreat, start 6.00pm. Speaker: Lindall Kidd
Wednesday, 25 February – Great Cocky Count Workshop, Pinjarra, start 4.30pm (details & registration here)
Thursday, 26 February – City of Vincent, Black Cockatoo Crisis, Luna Cinema, start 6.30pm (details and registration here)
Friday, 27 February – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Island Point, Herron, start time tbc. Leader: Bill Howard (details in this edition and on website here)
Saturday, 28 February – Great Cocky Count Workshop, Bullsbrook, start 2.30pm (details & registration here)
Sunday, 1 March – Half-day excursion, Lake Richmond, Rockingham, start 7.30am. Leaders: Chris and Belinda van Haeften
Saturday, 7 March – Half-day excursion, Wellard Wetlands, Baldivis, start 8.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 7 March – Albany Bird Group, 2-hour bird walk around Lake Seppings, start 8.30am (details on website here)
Sunday, 8 March – BirdLife Bunbury, Annual Members Meeting & Excursion, start 4.00pm (details to follow)
Thursday, 12 March – Half-day excursion, Lake Galup (Monger), Wembley, start 7.30am. Leader: Lou Scampoli
Friday, 13 March to Monday, 16 March – BirdLife Bunbury, Two Peoples Bay/Albany Visit (if interested and for further details, contact Jo & Paul Mincham by email here)
Sunday, 15 March – Half-day excursion, Yangebup Lake, Cockburn, start 7.30am. Leader: Robyn Pickering
Saturday, 21 March – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 7.30am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 21 March – EnviroFEST 2026, Whiteman Park, 10.00am to 3.00pm (BirdLife WA Sales Team will be there)
Sunday, 22 March – Half-day excursion, Canning River Regional Park, Wilson, start 7.30am. Leaders: Lou Scampoli and Pete White
Sunday, 22 March – Great Cocky Count Registrations close
Saturday, 28 March – Half-day excursion, Lake Mealup, Point Grey, start 8.00am. Leader: Rob Wroth
Saturday, 28 March – Carnaby’s Crusaders Wildlife Session, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 10.00am (details & ticket link here)
Tuesday, 31 March – AOC 2027, Student Travel Grant Applications Closing Date (details for WA here)
Saturday, 4 April – Half-day excursion, Bold Park, City Beach, start 8.00am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Saturday, 11 April – City of Vincent, Bird Habitats by the River, start 8.00am. Leader: Rochelle Steven (details here)
Sunday, 12 April – Great Cocky Count, south-western WA (registrations close on 22 March, details here)
Saturday, 18 April – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Tuesday, 16 February to Thursday, 18 February 2027 – Australasian Ornithological Conference 2027, Auckland, New Zealand
Please see a summary of our excursion on our website and on our Facebook page.
All over Western Australia.
